Suspenders



Patented Jan. `1, 1 n

UINIT'EDTSTATES. PATENT OFFICE U l @1,986,519 l f o `sUsrnNDERs lThomas`0.'Murray, Chicago, Ill. Application February es. 1934, serial No.'113,250

` 12 claims. (C1. ,an- 7) Y; Mv inventien relates to snspennens forkeeping 13 passes through a slet 15in eembnntenhelnf the trousers ofawearer in normally worn posiing member 16. In the holding member 16exftion. u .Y l l tending below the slot 15 is a rear guide wall 17,

Aniene the. objects -of ere t at the bO'tQIn 0f which and at rightangles there- 5 provide Suspenders which need not pass over and to isgripping seat 18. At right angles to said `5 be supported directly bythe shoulders of a gripping seat 18 and continuing upwardly is a wearer;v .l trent welll-9 preferably ent in. the shape, 0f a To createSuspenders which. may be fastened half circle. Said rear guide wall 17and front to the vest or coat of a wearer and removably wall 19 runsubstantially parallel to each other.

fastened to the trousers; The rear guide wall 1'7 has a cutaway channel10 To provide Suspenders which may be unfas- 20 leading from the bottomof guide wall 17 uptened and refastened immediately, so that a userwardly and continuing inwardly into channel 23, in sitting position doesnot have to bear the which in turn leads inwardly to cut out portionstrain and pull of the Suspenders; 25. Having exactly the same structurerounded r To supply Suspenders which may allow the 'front wall 19 hasacorresponding cutaway chanl5 trousers to be dropped without the removalof `nel 21 leading upwardly and inwardly from the coat or vest; l bottomof rounded front wall 19 into correspond- To provide Suspenders whichwill firmly and ing channel 24 and thence inwardly into correcorrectlyhold the trousers in normally worn pospending cutaway portion 26.

sition; v So that a trousers loop may enter cutaway 20 To provideSuspenders which willeliminate channels 20 and 21 and pass throughchannels the nervous strain and wear on clothingof a 23 and 24 intocutaway portions 25 and 26, the

wearer by eliminating the shoulder straps; gripping seat 18 has a cutoutportion or channel To provide Suspenders which are more easily 22between channel 20 of the guide wall 17 and 25 attached for use; i lchannel 21 of the rounded front wall 19. 25

To create Suspenders economical of manufac- Standing upright betweenchannels 20 and 21 ture and durable of wear, and such other oband cutoutportions 25 and 26 are anchoring jects, advantages and capabilities aswill later members 27 and 28 which are curved slightly more fully appear`and which are inherently posbackwardly and away from channels 20 and21.

` 30 sessed by my invention. At the upper end of body member 10 theelastic 30 While I have shown herein a preferred embodior resilientmaterialis folded and held around a ment of my'invention yet I wish itunderstood metal bar 29 having integral therewith a pin 30 that the sameis susceptible of modication and and a clasp 31 for fastening the pin 30in closed i change without departing from the spirit of my position.V l35 invention. In use my device may be employed as follows: 35 `Referringmore particularly to the drawing: The wearer will unfasten the clasp 31and Fig.V 1 is a front elevational view of my invenattach the pin 30 ata desired point to the vest tion, and Fig. 2 is a side elevational viewthereof. or coat 32. He will then adjust the adjusting Fig. 3 is aperspective view showing my susmeans 11 to the proper height and,if hehas a penders in actual use. Fig.4 is arear elevational belt, slip therear `guide wall 17 under the belt 40 view of my invention. and pull theholding member 1 6 up until the Referring more particularly to theembodibelt rests in the gripping seat 18. If the wearer ment selected toillustrate my invention I employ is not using a belt he may slip atrousers loop a body member 10 of flexible and elastic mathrough thechannels `until it rests within the terial. I prefer that the bodymemberbe of a cutout portion and is held within the corner by 45 singlethickness of material, although if desired the anchoring members 27 and28. 'two or more thicknesses may be used. In order It will readily beseen that my device may be that my Suspenders may be adjustable as toimmediately 'fastened and unfastened. If the length I employ anadjusting means llnormally wearer desires, while in sitting position',to reand preferably located` below the center of the move the strainnecessarily caused by the sus- 50 body member. Naturally between theadjusting penders he may immediately slip off the holding means 11 andthe bottomof the body member 10 member 16 and thus relieve himself fromthis my Suspenders are of double thickness, and have unnecessarystrain.` When the wearer is about afront portion 12 and a back portion13. .o The to stand all he needsto do is to slip the holding crotch 14of the front and backportions 12 and member 16 into normal wearingposition and 55 he again has the suspenders in actual supporting use.This feature is a decided advantage because there are many occasionswhen it is necessary or desirable to remove the Suspenders withoutremoving the coat or vest as is now necessary with the prevailingconventional type of Suspenders where the same are supported by theshoulders of the wearer.

It is also obvious that with my device there is a considerable Saving ofwear and tear on the clothing as well as a minimum of pressure on theuser.

My Suspenders are operated best by employing one on each side of thewearer although if the wearer desires he may add a third suspender atthe rear or may place the suspenders at the position best suited to hisparticular requirements.

Having thus described my invention, y I claim:

`1. Suspenders for Athe support of trousers without shoulder straps andadapted for wearing over 'the outer vshirt lof a wearer, comprising ashort body member of elastic or resilient material, a metal barfastened'to the upper end of said body member, said metal bar Ihavingintegral therewith a pin for passing through and fastening to the insideof the coat or vest of a wearer, a clasp for fastening the pin in closedposition, adjusting means normally located below the center of the bodymember, said body member being of single thickness above the adjustingmeans and of double thickness below said adjusting means, and a combinedmetal holding member attached to the bottom of said body member andhaving a rear guide wall, a gripping seat and a, front wall, said wallsand seat each having a channel communicating with a cutout portion, andanchoring members between said channels and said cut out portion forholding a trousers loop.

2. In Suspenders of the class described a combined holding member forgripping either the belt or trousers loop of the wearer comprising guideand holding means for gripping a belt and means for slipping around andanchoring a trousers loop, said means having a rear guide wall agripping seat and a front wall, said seat having an opening and saidwalls each having corresponding channels and corresponding cutoutportions into and through which a trousers loop may pass, and anchoringmembers between said channels and cutout portions for positioning saidtrousers loop.

THOMAS O. MURRAY.

